Station Name:MERTON ABBEY

 

[Source: Nick Catford]


Date opened: 1.10.1868
Location: On the south side of Station Road
Company on opening: Tooting Merton & Wimbledon Railway
Date closed to passengers: 3.3.1929
Date closed completely: 3.3.1929
Company on closing: Southern Railway
Present state: Demolished. The site is lost under a new road, Merantun Way.
County: London
OS Grid Ref: TQ266699
Date of visit: 1968

Notes: The Merton Park to Tooting line remained open for occasional freight traffic until 1975 although the junction at Tooting was removed much earlier. The station was temporarily closed between 1.1.1917 - 27.8.1923.

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Merton Abbey Station in 1968
Photo by Nick Catford


[Source: Nick Catford]
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